Improvement in lubricators



WITNESSES A. G. MYERS Luhricators Patented N 0v. 13, I877.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW Gr. MYERS, OF DAYTON, ASSIGN OR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO ABRAM S.MYERS, OF SPRDTGFIELD, OHIO.

lM PROVEMENT IN LUBRICATO RS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 197,162, dated November13, 1877; application filed August 16,1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW G. MYERS, of Dayton, in the county ofMontgomery, and in the State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Lubricators; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof the several parts of a lubricator, whereby I am enabled to use it forthe distribution of oil, either by centrifugal force or otherwise, asthe nature of the case may require.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawing which makes part of this specification, Arepresents a hollow metallic ball, which is provided upon two oppositesides with the hollow stems B and D. The inner surfaces of these stemsare provided with screws-threads.

0 represents an oil-channel, which is formed upon the outside of theball A, and which connects with each of the stems, as seen.

The stem B connects directly with the interior of the ball, while thestem D only connects directly with the channel 0, but indirectly to theball through the channel and the stem B.

6 represents a screw-plug, which enters the stem B and securely closesit.

E represents a spud or hollow nozzle, which screws into the stem D, andwhich is tapering in form, and provided upon its outer surface with ascrew-thread.

(0 represents a regulating-screw for the oil.

When this lubricator is intended to be used for distributing oil bycentrifugal force, the nozzle E isalways connected, as seen in thefigure, to the stem D.

It will be observed that when the lubricator is revolved the oil will bethrown or forced outward toward and into the stem B, and thence, throughthe channel 0, into the nozzle E, whence it passes to the journal or boxto be oiled.

If the lubricator is to be used upon a stationary object, or one whichdoes not require itto be revolved with it, the nozzle E is screwed intothe stem B, and the plug e is screwed in stem D. The oil will then flowdirectly to the object to be lubricated.

I do not broadly claim a lubricator having an exterior channel openinginto the reservoir, and into the neck or shank of the same,respectively, as such is not new.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with an oil-vessel, A, provided with stems or short tubesB D, and an external channel, 0, one end of which leads into theoil-reservoir, the detachable nozzle E, and the detachable plug e,interchangeable with each other, whereby the lubricator may be usedeither on stationary or rotating objects, substantially as herein setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this31st day of July, 1877.

ANDREW G. MYERS.

Witnesses J. J. SMITH, E. M. BRUNFORD.

